Scott, E. (1990). A critical review of the interpretation of infant burials in Roman Britain, with particular reference to villas. J Theoretical Archaeol 1. Vol 1, pp. 30-46.
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A critical review of the interpretation of infant burials in Roman Britain, with particular reference to villas | ||||||||||
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J Theoretical Archaeol 1 | ||||||||||
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Journal of Theoretical Archaeology | ||||||||||
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30 - 46 | ||||||||||
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Androcentric and ethnocentric interpretations of the Roman period still abound and its 'otherness' is scarcely accepted, let alone explored. The view that babies buried in villas were 'surreptitious' and therefore illegitimate is conditioned by highly inappropriate comparisons with Victorian England. By contrast the Copts buried babies under the floor to ensure the mother would bear another more successfully; some burials in RB temples are clearly votive or dedicatory, and similar reasons may apply to villas, especially where an infant cemetery was also in use. The 4th century rise in infant burials in settlements may be more apparent than real, or part of a religious revival (cf Orpheus cult); burials in malting kilns could be to ensure fertility of crops for beer, etc. | ||||||||||
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1990 | ||||||||||
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05 Dec 2008 |
